Post UTME Past Questions Agent
Your School's Whatsapp Group - Join Us now

2022 WAEC Mathematics Theory a) Given that m = tan 30º and n = tan 45º, simplify, without using...

Mathematics
WAEC 2022

a) Given that m = tan 30º and n = tan 45º, simplify, without using calculator, \(\frac{ m - n}{mn}\), leaving the answer in the form p + \(\sqrt{q}\)

b) There are 20 women in a bus. 15 of them wear glasses and 10 wear wristwatches. If a woman is chosen at random from the bus, find the probability that she wears both glasses and wristwatches.

 

Your School's Whatsapp Group - Join Us now
Post UTME Past Questions Agent
Post-UTME Past Questions - Original materials are available here - Download PDF for your school of choice + 1 year SMS alerts
Explanation

a) m = tan 30º = \(\frac{\sqrt{3}, n = tan 45º = 1

\(\frac{ m - n}{mn}\), = \(\frac{\frac{\sqrt{3}}{3} - 1}{\frac{\sqrt{3}}{3}(1)}\)

=  \(\frac{\frac{\sqrt{3} - 3}{3}}{\frac{\sqrt{3}}{3}}\)

=   \(\frac{\sqrt{3} - 3}{3}\) X \(\frac{3}{\sqrt{3}}\) =  \(\frac{\sqrt{3} - 3}{\sqrt{3}}\)

= \(\frac{\sqrt{3} - 3}{\sqrt{3}}\) x  \(\frac{\sqrt{3}}{\sqrt{3}}\)

=  \(\frac{3 - 3\sqrt{3}}{3}\) = 1 - \(\sqrt{3}\)

b) see the diagram above..

Let the number of women wearing both wristwatches and glasses be x

15 - x + x + 10 - x = 20

25 - x = 20

x = 5

Therefore, the number of women wearing wrist watches only = 10 - x = 10 - 5 = 5

and number of women wearing glasses only = 15 - x = 15 - 5 = 10

Pr(both) = \(\frac{5}{20}\) = \(\frac{1}{4}\) = 0.25


Report an Error Ask A Question Download App
WAEC and NECO CBT App for Mobile Devices - Candidates, Schools, Centres, Resellers - 100% Offline -Download Now
Post-UTME Past Questions - Original materials are available here - Download PDF for your school of choice + 1 year SMS alerts
Post UTME Past Questions Agent

Contributions ({{ comment_count }})

Please wait...

{{ settings.no_comment_msg ? settings.no_comment_msg : 'There are no comments' }}

Quick Questions

Post your Contribution

Please don't post or ask to join a "Group" or "Whatsapp Group" as a comment. It will be deleted. To join or start a group, please click here

{{ quote.posted_by.display_name }}
{{ settings.form_textarea_description }}
 
Post-UTME Past Questions - Original materials are available here - Download PDF for your school of choice + 1 year SMS alerts
Your School's Whatsapp Group - Join Us now
WAEC and NECO CBT App for Mobile Devices - Candidates, Schools, Centres, Resellers - 100% Offline -Download Now
WAEC and NECO CBT Software for Computers and Laptops - Candidates, Schools, Centres, Resellers - 100% Offline -Download Now
Post UTME Past Questions Agent
Your School's Whatsapp Group - Join Us now
WAEC and NECO CBT Software for Computers and Laptops - Candidates, Schools, Centres, Resellers - 100% Offline -Download Now
Post-UTME Past Questions - Original materials are available here - Download PDF for your school of choice + 1 year SMS alerts
Post UTME Past Questions Agent